Tue - September 23, 2003

Electronic Voting and the Future of Democracy

Electronic voting is not ready for prime time.
Recent evidence has shown that existing systems have back doors permitting
arbitrary untracked changes to vote totals. These systems are in use in 37
states and are rapidly being implemented. The principals in some of the
companies are blatantly political as well. This combination threatens the future
of democracy.

Electronic voting is not ready for prime time.
Recent evidence has shown that existing systems have back doors permitting
arbitrary untracked changes to vote totals. These systems are in use in 37
states and are rapidly being implemented. The principals in some of the
companies are blatantly political as well. This combination threatens the future
of democracy. The recent decision in California against punch card balloting is
in favor of these newer systems, most of which are vulnerable and provide no
independent verification of actual votes cast.

Tue - June 17, 2003

Purpose of the Political Blog

This section of the blog is for the political
writings of the author.

This section of the blog is for the political
writings of the author. Probably not political in the sense of political
parties, but more in the sense of civic duty and what is usually called "liberal
democracy."

Purpose of the Personal Blog

This section of the blog is for personal items of
the author.

This section of the blog is for personal items of
the author. Interests, photos, etc. For example, this is my home. The picture
was taken in early Spring before the leaves came. The funny pattern in the roof
is just an artifact of image size reduction.

First Entry

The beginning of the weblog.

This is the first entry in what should be a
continuing service to my students at Pace
University. Some entries will be academic and
some will be personal. Some might even be political in the broad sense.